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Panga

//ˈpaŋɡə// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A large broad-bladed knife. Africa, East, South-Africa

    "She turned to the small basket she was carrying and took out a panga."

  2. 2
    Any of various edible freshwater fish of the genus Pangasius, native to southeast Asia, especially an iridescent shark, Pangasius hypophthalmus, now reclassified as Pangasianodon hypophthalmus.
  3. 3
    A small inflatable motorboat used in Latin America.
  4. 4
    a large heavy knife used as a weapon or for cutting vegetation wordnet
  5. 5
    A type of modest-sized, open, outboard-powered, fishing boat common throughout much of the developing world, including Central America, the Caribbean, parts of Africa, the Middle East, and much of Asia.

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Swahili panga (“machete”).

Etymology 2

Back-formation from the plural, from the stem of translingual Pangasius (genus name), from Bengali পাঙ্গাশ (paṅgaś, “mud- or brown-coloured fish”).

Etymology 3

From Spanish panga (“motorboat”).

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